Car construction.



l. S. WORTH.

CAR CONSTRUCTIGN. APPLICATION msu 0m31.191s.

Patented July 23, 1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET ll J. S. WORTH..

CA'H CONSTRUCTION. APPLlcAloN man nzc.31.1`sn5` 1 ,273;664. Patented July 23, 1918.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

YJOHN S. WORTH, 0F OATESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND WILLI P. WORTH, 0F COATESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAB CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented July 23, 1918.

.Application led December 31, 1915. Serial No. 69,671.

To ou fw/wm t may concern.'

Be it known that.` I, JOHN S. VVoR'rH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Coatesville, county of Chester, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain. Iniprovelnents in Car Construction, of which tho following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to construct a substantial metallic freight car of the box type from sheet metal pressed into shape to form plates, girde'rs and posts so that the structure will resist the strains to which this type of car is subjected.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for securing the lining to the car body.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of one-half of the car body, illustrating my invention;

Fig. 2 is an end view of the car' body;

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the car body on the line 3 3, Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view on the linee-5, Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view at the girder on the line .ri-5, Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a `perspective view, showing the horizontal joint girder;

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7-7, Fig. 2; Fig. 8 is a perspective yiew showing the rear of one of the sections of the lining;

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the blocks to which the lining is secured; and

Figs. 10 `and 11 are views illustrating a modification of the girder joint.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the lower frame of the car. 2 is the cornice frame. 3 is the roof, which may be made in any suitable manner. 4, 4 are the vertical side posts. 5, 5 are the vertical end posts and 6, 6 are the vertical corner posts. 7, 7 are thc side plates which extend from one post 4 to another and 8, 8 are the end plates which extend from one post to another. The side posts 4 are made, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, of plates bent up to form the body of the posts and to provide flanges 9 by which the posts are secured to the side plates. The side plates 7 are preferably corrugated to add strength to the structure and these corrugations, in the present instance, run diagonally with respect to the vertical posts and some.

of the plates are .corru' ated diagonally in one direction, while ot ers are corrugated diagonallv in the opposlte direction, form- .tical posts, and be secured thereto. girders thus formed materially strengthen ing integral struts which brace the carstructure so as to dispense with the ordinary struts which are usually diagonally arranged between the posts. It will be understood, however, that the corrugations may be arranged in any marinier desired without dcparting from the essential features of the invention. In the present instance, lthe lates 8 have a series of vertical corrugations and these may be arranged at an angle or in any mannerdesired.

V'There are preferably two plates 7 and 7 between each side post, one plate being located above the other and at the horizontal joint between the rtwo plates is a girder 10. In the present instance, this girder 1s pressed up from the upper late 7 and extends over the upper edge o the lower plate 7, as clearly shown in Fig..6. The girder is ta pei-ed toward each end so that the entire plate can pass back of the flanges of the' $2;

the car body. I find that a single girder in the majority of ears will give the strength. desired at the side of the car, but I prefer to form two sets of girders, as at 11 and 12, at the ends of the car, making the end out of three vertically arranged plates instead of two, as at the sides, but, in Sonie instances, where a car of great strength is desired then there may be three, or even more than three, plates at `the sides and transverse beams at the joints of the several plates.

The vertical edges of the side plates underlap the flanges of the posts, as shown in Fig. 3, and tie plates 13 extend back of the anges and add strength` to the post structure.

14 is the lining of the end of the car and 15 is the lining of the sides of the car. These linings may extend to any height desired. I locate comparatively short blocks.

16 in the hollow transverse beams 10 and' yfasten the linings thereto by means of screws ing the end linings 14 to the ends of the car.

The battons 25 of the Sections of the linings 15 are preferably made of metal and are located in the eorrugations of the side and `tached from plates of each end plates and when the corrugations are arrangeddiagonally, as in Fig. 1, then the battens are also arraned dia onall'y, as 1n Fig. 8, so that they wil exten into the con ru'gations, as it is desirable that-the linings shall rest against the side plates and the end plates of the ear body. The linin s .are preferably made in sections of a su ment size so that the sections can be readily dethe vear body and removed therefrom and they may .be arranged with the boards running vertically or horizontally, as desired. 4

In Figs. 10 and 11, I have illustrated a modification, in which the lower'plate 7* stops `at the lower flange of the plate 7 and one` or more connecting strips 10 may be used if desired, in place of the continuous plate, as in Fig. 6

It will be understood that any number of y rivets may be us to secure the plates to the posts so as to make a substantial structure.

1. The com ination in a. car structure, of a base freine and a cornioerframe; a series of vertical posts connected to the two frames; a series ofl lates mounted between the posts and secure thereto, ithe edges of one of the series beingshaped to form a hollow transverse grder, the girders being reduced at Veaeh end so that the entire plate can be secured flat against the posts.

2. The combination in a ear structure, a base frame and a cornice fraie; a series of vertical posts `connected to the two frames; a series of plates mounted between the posts and secured thereto, the lower edges of the upper plates lapping over the upper edges of the lower plates, said lower edge of the upper plate being shaped to forni a hollow transverse grder tapered at each end and secured to the lower late and underlapping the vertical posts an secured thereto.

3. The combination in a. ear structure, of

'a base frame and a cornice frame; vertical posts spaoed apart at each side of the ear and secured to the base frame and to the oornee freine; a series of vertical posts at the ends of the oar arranged closer together than those at the sides and secured to the base ramemid to the oornice frame, and two series of corrugated plates, one series loon above another, one plate oi each series overlapping the other, the overlappingplates baring shaped to form a hollow transverse girder, the sides of tho plates extendng back of the'posts and secured thereto.

JOHN S. WQRTH.

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